***Russian - Ukraine War Tactical and Strategic Updates*** [Warning on OP]

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JFABNRGR
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11:25a, 8/11/26
I wonder where all those projectiles ended up. Hopefully there wasn't a lot of crosswind.

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In reply to JFABNRGR • 12:55p, 8/11/26
Bad day for anyone driving a ways behind those trucks
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In reply to Rossticus • 1:11p, 8/11/26
Rossticus said:
Further indication that there will be no "deal" nor substantive negotiation to end this.


Is that the AFD party they are trying to ban in Germany. Sad same situation
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1:17p, 8/11/26
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In reply to oldord • 1:33p, 8/11/26
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Is that the AFD party they are trying to ban in Germany. Sad same situation


Zero connection between the two.
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In reply to PJYoung • 6:55a, 8/12/26
PJYoung said:

If those are fiber optic drones, don't the pilots have to be nearby to connect their controllers to the fiber optic line?
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In reply to Ag with kids • 7:14a, 8/12/26
Could be 20+ km from the source of the line, which may or may not be where an operator is. Could be just a launch point with a transmitter or theoretically just more line with the actual operator even further
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In reply to JFABNRGR • 7:53a, 8/12/26
JFABNRGR said:
I wonder where all those projectiles ended up. Hopefully there wasn't a lot of crosswind.


I first thought they were shooting at the trucks
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In reply to davinhalcyon • 8:10a, 8/12/26
davinhalcyon said:
JFABNRGR said:
I wonder where all those projectiles ended up. Hopefully there wasn't a lot of crosswind.


I first thought they were shooting at the trucks


So did the truck.
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11:00a, 8/12/26


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11:06a, 8/12/26
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In reply to Rossticus • 11:17a, 8/12/26
Rossticus said:


I anxiously await all the usual suspects on X to tell us how the US shouldn't be meddling in Ukrainian affairs and government
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3:27p, 8/12/26
Ukraine hits major Russian naval base and export port.

"Ukraine's General Staff said Ukrainian forces damaged four Russian warships at the Novorossiysk naval base overnight on August 12, 2026.
Russian industry sources told the Moscow Times the strike halted operations at two major grain terminals at Novorossiysk, a key Russian export port."

STRIKE
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3:49p, 8/12/26
Apropos and directly related to Ukrainian tactical abilities, this:
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4:41p, 8/12/26


it can reach 160 kilometers per hour, fly beyond 18 kilometers, and operate at altitudes of up to 5,000 meters against reconnaissance drones, Mavics, FPVs, and even fiber-optic models.

Its Karakurt launcher fires from up to 15 meters away, while each net reportedly costs only about $27.
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In reply to PJYoung • 4:52p, 8/12/26
PJYoung said:


it can reach 160 kilometers per hour, fly beyond 18 kilometers, and operate at altitudes of up to 5,000 meters against reconnaissance drones, Mavics, FPVs, and even fiber-optic models.

Its Karakurt launcher fires from up to 15 meters away, while each net reportedly costs only about $27.

Spider seems like a very appropriate name for the system.
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9:04a, 8/13/26
I couldn't figure out how to link this so I took a picture. That's an awful lot of blue flags on the map today. I guess the Russian logistics really must be in bad shape right now. From livemap.
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In reply to docb • 9:14a, 8/13/26
Looks like an orc forward position is about to be encircled
Hoping for Putin to fall out of window The world is long overdue for a course correction in Russia
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9:35a, 8/13/26
Those are all tied to one story stating:

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The Air Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, assault units, and other involved units liberated 26 settlements in the Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, and Zaporizhzhia regions along the Oleksandrivka direction: Berezove, Voskresenka, Hrushivske, Zaporizke, Zelenyi Hai, Zirka, Zlahoda, Kalynivske, Krasnohirske, Maliivka, Myrne, Novoheorhiivka, Novohryhorivka, Novomykolaivka, Novokhatske, Oleksandrohrad, Piddubne, Pryvillia, Pryvilne, Rybne, Sichneve, Stepove, Ternove, Tolstoi, Tsehelne, and Yalta.


Sounds like maybe a localized counter-offensive is underway.
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10:14a, 8/13/26
What do the blue flags represent?

Logistics! some of yall on here have been preaching its importance from the beginning. As for status besides all the burning O&G, trucks, trains, & warehouses, I watched a vid this am, of an orc signaling/begging for food on the front line, but the only thing he got to eat was a bit of RDX/Hexogen mixed with some carbon fiber.
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10:19a, 8/13/26
Any updates on how the F-16 is doing in Ukraine? How many they have? Where the pilots are training?
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In reply to JFABNRGR • 10:21a, 8/13/26
The flags represent areas that have been liberated from the Russains.
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In reply to robbio • 10:33a, 8/13/26
robbio said:
Any updates on how the F-16 is doing in Ukraine? How many they have? Where the pilots are training?

They have been very effective in shooting down Russian cruise missiles.
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In reply to txags92 • 11:42a, 8/13/26
txags92 said:
Those are all tied to one story stating:

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The Air Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, assault units, and other involved units liberated 26 settlements in the Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, and Zaporizhzhia regions along the Oleksandrivka direction: Berezove, Voskresenka, Hrushivske, Zaporizke, Zelenyi Hai, Zirka, Zlahoda, Kalynivske, Krasnohirske, Maliivka, Myrne, Novoheorhiivka, Novohryhorivka, Novomykolaivka, Novokhatske, Oleksandrohrad, Piddubne, Pryvillia, Pryvilne, Rybne, Sichneve, Stepove, Ternove, Tolstoi, Tsehelne, and Yalta.


Sounds like maybe a localized counter-offensive is underway.

I think this has been going on for several months but Ukraine has kept it under wraps and just now announcing it. Still good to see the line still moving some in Ukraine's favor after 4 years of war.
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In reply to Sq 17 • 12:47p, 8/13/26
Sq 17 said:
Looks like an orc forward position is about to be encircled
Hoping for Putin to fall out of window The world is long overdue for a course correction in Russia

I think that area may be an error by LiveUAMap. Deepstatemap and UAControlMap don't show that area as being occupied by Russia.
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In reply to Waffledynamics • 2:07p, 8/13/26
Waffledynamics said:
Sq 17 said:
Looks like an orc forward position is about to be encircled
Hoping for Putin to fall out of window The world is long overdue for a course correction in Russia

I think that area may be an error by LiveUAMap. Deepstatemap and UAControlMap don't show that area as being occupied by Russia.

Updated maps now.



Blue is from the recently announced and confirmed territory gained by Ukraine over last few months. From what I gather, this was essentially the very large "Gray Zone" that Russia has been self reporting as captured for months now but never truly controlled. So Ukraine took advantage of that and launched a sustained campaign to actually take the land and control it while the Russians really couldn't report it since then they would have to admit they never controlled it fully in the first place. This was the results of the months of single or double man teams that would just walk until they ran out of energy and find a place to go to ground and hide. Boom! Territory captured and reported to Russian high command. They've been doing this for a while now and everyone knows it, except said high command apparently. This is what Ukraine took advantage of.

ETA: Speaking of....



Very good wrap up of the situation. If the numbers bear out, this 700+ square kms taken and held (assuming the Ukes plan to hold long term) instantly erases all the gains Russia has made this year and then some. Granted, that is just raw numbers but the PR impact alone should be significant.
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In reply to PJYoung • 4:41p, 8/13/26
PJYoung said:
74OA said:
This new reality is the true motivation behind Europe's recent commitment to rearming after decades of complacency.

"The underlying conclusion carries real weight for European planners watching this unfold from the outside: a Russian military that manages to rebuild its ground forces, expand its drone branch into something larger than the U.S. Marine Corps, and hold onto over a million troops, even a poorly trained and demoralized force assembled under brutal wartime discipline, still adds up to a fighting force considerably larger and more battle-tested than the one Russia sent across the border in February 2022, and Europe's own rearmament timeline may not have the luxury of assuming otherwise."

DANGER

This is the weird dichotomy: Is Russia getting it's ass handed to them by a NATO backed Ukraine? Big time. Is a Russia that has endured 4+ years of a brand new style of warfare a very dangerous animal for the rest of Europe? Hell yes.



These systems are particularly important because Moscow is no longer merely scaling the original slow Shahed model, it is simultaneously adding faster and more capable variants. That puts Ukraine in an uncomfortable race. Interceptor drones designed around yesterday's target can become obsolete before the factory reaches full output.

Western Europe, meanwhile, is still struggling to field affordable answers even to the older propeller-driven generation. The technological wheel has already turned while much of NATO is still writing procurement requirements for the last threat.
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In reply to robbio • 8:59p, 8/13/26
See top of immediately preceeding page.
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In reply to JFABNRGR • 7:23a, 8/14/26
JFABNRGR said:
What do the blue flags represent?

Logistics! some of yall on here have been preaching its importance from the beginning. As for status besides all the burning O&G, trucks, trains, & warehouses, I watched a vid this am, of an orc signaling/begging for food on the front line, but the only thing he got to eat was a bit of RDX/Hexogen mixed with some carbon fiber.

INTERDICTION
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2:01p, 8/14/26
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10:27a, 8/15/26
Ukraine will accept donations from most any source.

"In one of the more unusual examples yet of where Ukraine is sourcing military hardware, a Danish military museum has begun transferring vehicles from its own collection for use in the war against Russia. Panzermuseum East, a privately run museum in Denmark specializing in Soviet and Warsaw Pact armor, announced that it has delivered its first batch of armored vehicles to Ukraine."

ARMOR
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10:44a, 8/15/26

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10:49a, 8/15/26
You hate to see it. But more than that…

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In reply to Rossticus • 10:54a, 8/15/26
Rossticus said:



DETAILS
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In reply to Rossticus • 10:55a, 8/15/26
Ukraine copied China's technology without paying for it and are now using it against their partner's interests? lol at the irony of that move.
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